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If BIGFED is so great, why don't more people do it?
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:24 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency It's always firm --> in-house from what I gather. So what am I missing? Any fed/state bros here? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163718) |
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:31 AM Author: glassy lay new version Hai. Lots of D.C. peeps go firm -> bigfed. It's not as easy to get a job as you might think tho. |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:33 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency So how can i help myself? What are some good practice areas to make that switch? Currently slated for corporate or government contracts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163748) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:41 AM Author: glassy lay new version Best way is to work for a partner with bigfed experience who still has contacts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163780) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:42 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency how big is the vet preference for attorney positions? from what i gather, it's not as big a factor for attorney hiring. also, how common is attorneys making jump into non-attorney positions? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163782) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:12 AM Author: Bateful church multi-billionaire No vet preference for SES positions, which I assume is what you'd. E interested in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163951) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:33 AM Author: pearl flirting coffee pot show your work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163750) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:37 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency i don't know dude, i'm only 2L. my buddies who were lucky enough to cop SA seem to have this biglaw --> in-house mindset. and most lawyers i know in firms are looking to phase out to in-house at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163762) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:48 AM Author: pearl flirting coffee pot what about your buddies who got the best jobs (clerkships) and not second tier jobs (biglol)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163804) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:51 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency kinda split. some waltz into firm jobs. some take DOJ and some other highly competitive stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163813) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:00 AM Author: Alcoholic becky really tough guy DOJ doesn't necessarily take a ton of new attorneys in all sections. A bunch of people lateral (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164287) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:34 AM Author: Jet Boistinker Pozpig To be fair about 2 million people do it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163755) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:45 AM Author: Alcoholic becky really tough guy Uhhh, BigFed at the "prestigious" agencies is highly competitive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163795) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:48 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency i'm talking in general. of course DOJ/SEC and whatnot are very competitive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163803) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:57 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef As many people are doing it as is possible. There's a hard cap on the number of fed jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163839) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:58 AM Author: Learning Disabled Electric Theater Stage It's awful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163842) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:11 AM Author: pea-brained chartreuse wagecucks bigfed jobs, even at non "prestigious" agencies are hard as shit to get. it's probably going to get a lot worse under trump because he's draining the swamp. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163939) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:12 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency interesting to see how trump admin. will impact this. what if i'm willing to relocate to country-side, whatever? doesn't have to be DC-centric. does that change the equation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163949) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:10 AM Author: pea-brained chartreuse wagecucks doubtful. i've been hearing about agencywide hiring freezes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164360) |
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Date: December 18th, 2016 11:00 AM Author: drunken translucent senate dopamine Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32171291) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:58 AM Author: Coiffed tank I went from firm to big fed. Shit is 180. Literally do jack shit all day, 2 hour lunch, afternoon run, etc on payroll. GS-15.
A few gunners are really unhappy here because of "the red tape" and how long it takes to actually accomplish things. I dont understand them. We get paid like 145k a year to play on the internet and return a few phone calls from time to time. |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:58 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef How's you get it? D.C.? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164270) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 10:59 AM Author: Coiffed tank Yes. Just applied. No connections at all. Prestigious agency too. Lol @ taxpayers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164274) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:00 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef Wtf. T14 + clerkship? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164284) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:01 AM Author: Coiffed tank Yup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164292) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:01 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef What associate year did you jump? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164294) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:06 AM Author: Coiffed tank 5th yr. to be honest, i was miserable at BIG FED the first few months because i was gunnerish and was annoyed everything took months to accomplish and i had no work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164327) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:08 AM Author: Learning Disabled Electric Theater Stage It's a good place for a biglaw refugee but if it's your first job and you have no savings and are making like 60k it's awful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164344) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:09 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef Holy shit shut the fuck up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164351) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 12:53 PM Author: indigo crusty puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165079) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 3:17 PM Author: Garnet Garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165996) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:10 AM Author: Coiffed tank Maybe but most people are gas 14/15 by age 30 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164359) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:24 AM Author: bistre disrespectful international law enforcement agency But what about that pension? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164425) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station Correct, and that's me, perpetually annoyed that I never got to make any real money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164445) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:28 AM Author: Shimmering Locus Roast Beef Lol at this. You got off work at 5 or 6 pm every single day plus a pension - you already got a fantastic deal so quit whining. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164469) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:31 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station 3x wk telework too Rumors are we're going to 4x wk soon |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:35 AM Author: Coiffed tank Leave st 5 or 6pm? LOL, im out the fucking door at 4:45 bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164513) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:36 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station My agency makes you "sign in" for 8 hrs. I use a mouse jiggler though that makes my laptop look 'active' all day while I'm teleworking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164520) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 12:50 PM Author: Coiffed tank gotta keep dat LYNC green! I als block off ridiculous amounts of time so it looks like im "busy" all day, when in reality im managing my fantasy football team. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165064) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:38 AM Author: Learning Disabled Electric Theater Stage I feel you. Friends that are still there are trying to gtfo
One is like 33 and learning to code |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:42 AM Author: glittery tanning salon sandwich tbf there's a lot to not like
getting in is an opaque seemingly random process
promotion often seems random too, favoritism is rampant , the amount of paperwork, you're basically being groomed to be a mid level bureaucrat
if you have any sort of work ethic it can feel like a scam and kind of a dead end |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:45 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164615) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 1:58 PM Author: outnumbered arousing nursing home How does it feel to know you're the reason America is shit now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165441) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 3:05 PM Author: Coiffed tank Not bad. It's not like if I left the job would go away. The federal govt seems to want people to work here, so it might as well be me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165902) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 3:16 PM Author: Garnet Garrison JFC what a use of tax dollars - swamp needs to be DRAINED (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165989) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 3:30 PM Author: Coiffed tank Yeah, its a total joke but Trump isnt going to do shit about it. Presidents rise and fall but the covil service remains. Long live the Merit Systems Protection Board (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32166115) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:22 AM Author: twinkling metal deer antler site Is it going to be impossible to get BIG FED now? I interviewed with DOJ the week before the election and haven't heard anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164416) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AM Author: Coiffed tank who knows. I think the gravy train is elaving the station for now, but we will see. Fortunately ARE president elect wants to my agency to do as little as possible so i will have even less work to do. Super excited for baseball season now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164456) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station Wait and see DOJ may be somewhat exempt from hiring freezes |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 11:28 AM Author: Alcoholic becky really tough guy There is probably a soft freeze until the transition. Right now they literally have no idea what Trump's initiatives are (Trump doesn't either).
When Hillary was the "likely" candidate, you could have expected things to operate essentially status quo. She would have come up with some new shitlib initiatives, maybe created a new joint task force or some shit, but by and large, she would have continued the Obama DOJ. |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 1:02 PM Author: Greedy duck-like bbw If you want to make money, in house is a much better option than bigfed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165126) |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 1:56 PM Author: Fuchsia Very Tactful Party Of The First Part as far as DOJ: right now they are trying to hire as much as possible due to the hiring freeze that they strongly feel will happen. Filling all vacant spots on their roster to make sure they will have people for the freeze but also to signal to the administration that they need these spots so they wont get cut in the future. However, while the job posts are distributed to the public, they are really looking to hire people already in the Federal System because they can onboard them before Trump can institute the freeze. |
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Date: December 17th, 2016 2:39 PM Author: mind-boggling yarmulke generalized bond it's shit. prole losers from xo are impressed by $120k salaries and love it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165661) |
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Date: December 18th, 2016 10:58 AM Author: twinkling metal deer antler site Yeah, pRole shitheads living on 260k HHI spending time with their families and friends instead of making it rain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32171284) |
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Date: December 18th, 2016 11:03 AM Author: drunken translucent senate dopamine They make 120k doing nothing and teleworking....count me in If I can't get it, drain the fucking swamp! |
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Date: December 18th, 2016 11:10 AM Author: razzle mischievous goal in life gas station Bigfed lawyers are actually some of the most underpaid people in fed govt based on their education levels The disgusting thing about bigfed are all the GED Shanqiuas who are GS 15 level 'policy' idiots. That's the "swamp" that needs to be drained. |